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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to carry out doorstep selling

Article L341-5

Any natural or legal person authorised to carry out banking or financial canvassing activities must be able to provide evidence at all times of the existence of an insurance policy covering it against…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-5

The operator of a trading venue shall ensure that its rules on collocation services are transparent, fair and non-discriminatory, in accordance with the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-5

Clearing houses may decide, on a non-discriminatory basis, that their members are del credere agents in relation to the principals whose accounts they keep.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-5

…of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions or investment firms, the extent of their networks or the characteristics of their business. They may, whe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Posting and distribution of union communications.

Article L2142-5

…leaflets is freely determined by the trade union organisation, subject to the application of the provisions relating to the press.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Companies with fifty or more employees.

Article L2143-5

…sand employees and at least two establishments with at least fifty employees each, each representative trade union in the company may appoint a central company trade union delegate, separate from the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Notification, publication and filing.

Article L2231-5

…of the signatory organisations to an agreement or arrangement notifies the text to all representative organisations at the end of the signature procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-5

…pe of application of branch agreements and professional agreements may be national, regional or local.Unless otherwise specified, the term "branch agreement" refers to the collective agreement and bra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Determination of monitoring, renewal, revision and termination procedures.

Article L2222-5

The agreement shall specify the form in which and the period after which it may be renewed or revised.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Observatory for analysis and support for social dialogue and negotiation

Article L2234-5

The observatory for analysis and support for social dialogue and negotiation is made up of :1° Members who are employees and employers operating in the region, appointed by the representative employee…

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